Reversal of fortunes – how three mid-tiers outgunned the City elite for a decade Marco Cillario It is dominated by mid-sized firms while global players and City leaders lag far behind. Watson Farley & Williams (WFW)…
Investing in London: Cooley sets City agenda with turnover targets and committee appointments Legal Business Having made its audacious entrance into London’s legal market in January, US tech giant Cooley has begun rolling out the…
Evasive Action – Can Olswang live up to its own ambitions? Legal Business TMT leader Olswang is hard to pin down these days as profits ebb, reports of discord emerge and a leader…
‘We won’t break lockstep, we see it as a strength’: Clifford Chance US chiefs talk growing revenues and love of the lockstep Legal Business As fellow Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer targets the US market, Clifford Chance’s US leadership is seeking to upscale…
Comment: Converging on boom-time profits without a boom – the big four now and then Legal Business They say averages lie, though in my experience not as much as people, but producing an annual report with 2,000…
Latest US profits show positive early signs Jaishree Kalia The initial numbers to emerge from the US reporting season indicate a relatively resilient performance in 2012 for the world’s…
Legal Business 100 2012: Interactive main table Legal Business From merger mania to profit manipulation – the LB100 in 2012 draws on familiar themes from 20 years of law…
Clarke Willmott: running to stand still Mark McAteer Stephen Rosser became Clarke Willmott’s chief executive two years ago as the firm really started to suffer a post-boom hangover.…
LB100 2012 – Future Proof Legal Business From merger mania to profit manipulation – the LB100 in 2012 draws on familiar themes from 20 years of law…
LB100 2012 – Behind the Numbers: Profitability Revealed Legal Business Which firms are the most profitable? In this table we blend together all of our profitability measures, including PEP, profit…
Twenty years on and the numbers still add up Legal Business In 1992, Bill Clinton was elected US president; the Maastricht Treaty was signed and Legal Business published the financial data…
Global 100 2012: Interactive main table Legal Business THE GLOBAL 100: Legal Business examines the key financial data from the world’s top 100 law firms.
Global 100 – Podium Standings Legal Business The world’s 100 largest law firms have faced another challenging year of depressed economic markets and little to no transactional…
Gold Standard Legal Business Mishcon de Reya was a standout performer in the 2011 LB100, jumping 11 places on the back of a 37%…
Wish you were here? Legal Business This year’s Legal Business 100 firms continue to grow in revenue, but how much is performance in foreign markets masking…
Major International – Wedding Bells Legal Business In comes a new peer group to the Legal Business 100. Thanks to a flurry of transatlantic marriages over the…
Major City – Bits and pieces Legal Business Many of the firms in the Major City group will look back on 2010/11 with mixed feelings. Some firms will…
London Midsizers – Steady As She Goes Legal Business London’s Midsizer legal landscape looks a little different this year. Field Fisher Waterhouse and Withers move into the Major City…
Major UK – Major Overhaul Legal Business In tearing up the rulebook in this year’s Legal Business 100, this peer group has changed radically to reflect the…
